On July 11, 2021, Novak Djokovic defeated Matteo Berrettini in the men’s singles final of the Wimbledon. With that, he not only won the Wimbledon for the sixth time in his career, but also took his Grand Slam singles victories tally to 20.
Djokovic is now part of a trio, along with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, as the only ones to have won 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles.
Telling numbers
20-10 The 2021 Wimbledon men’s singles final was the 30th Grand Slam final that Novak Djokovic competed. By winning it, Djokovic now has a 20-10 win-loss record in Grand Slam finals.
8 out of 12- If we are to look at men’s singles winners at Grand Slams since the 2018 Wimbledon, then eight out of the 12 titles have been won by Djokovic. If we include Nadal’s victories, then the duo have claimed 12 out of the last 13 Grand Slam titles.
55 out of 64 – The Big Three of Roger Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have, in fact, won 55 of the last 64 major singles titles.
Twenty all
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and now Novak Djokovic are the only tennis players to have won 20 Grand Slam titles in men’s singles. They got there in that order with Federer reaching the milestone first in 2018, Nadal joining him in 2020 and Djokovic getting there in 2021.
Federer has won the Australian Open on six occasions, French Open once, Wimbledon an Open Era (1968 onwards) record eight times and the US Open five times. Nadal has one the Australian Open once, French Open a record 13 times, Wimbledon twice and US Open on four occasions.
Novak Djokovic has won the Australian Open a record nine times, French Open twice, Wimbledon on six occasions and US Open thrice. Djokovic, in fact, became the first man in the Open Era to win each of the Grand Slam titles at least twice when he won the French Open.
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